07-25-2006, 05:36 PM
[quote mrbigstuff]just go to a local gas station or repair shop. what's the big deal? if you don't like jiffy lube, move on to another place that doesn't survive on thin margins.
IME, they're more likely to rip you off than jiffy lube. There was a shop around the corner from where I lived. The CV joints were getting lose and I figured I'd get them replaced before they got worse. I also needed the hood latch cable replaced. I could do it myself except the old one had a rivet that needed to be drilled out.
The work order was to give me an estimate on the CV joints and replace the hood latch (I provided the cable, just needed the rivet drilled out.)
They charged me $350 to drill a new hole in the latch itself and at a bad angle so the latch barely worked. The old rivet was left in place. They said I should wait until I had more problems as far as the CV joints went.
I tried to figure out where the $350 went but they wouldn't really tell me. I wasn't sure what to do (I was 19 at the time and had never dealt with a mechanic before.) So I paid and went home.
To give you an idea of how close this shop was to me, I probably never got out of first gear when I drove my car home. Literally a stone's throw away. It was a small town, I figured they would be neighborly.
Well, I got home and something just felt wrong. I opened up the hood and I had a couple boots that had obviously been sliced by a knife. There was other apparent damage and I really wasn't sure what to do. So I took it to Sears and fixed it all for about $250.
IME, they're more likely to rip you off than jiffy lube. There was a shop around the corner from where I lived. The CV joints were getting lose and I figured I'd get them replaced before they got worse. I also needed the hood latch cable replaced. I could do it myself except the old one had a rivet that needed to be drilled out.
The work order was to give me an estimate on the CV joints and replace the hood latch (I provided the cable, just needed the rivet drilled out.)
They charged me $350 to drill a new hole in the latch itself and at a bad angle so the latch barely worked. The old rivet was left in place. They said I should wait until I had more problems as far as the CV joints went.
I tried to figure out where the $350 went but they wouldn't really tell me. I wasn't sure what to do (I was 19 at the time and had never dealt with a mechanic before.) So I paid and went home.
To give you an idea of how close this shop was to me, I probably never got out of first gear when I drove my car home. Literally a stone's throw away. It was a small town, I figured they would be neighborly.
Well, I got home and something just felt wrong. I opened up the hood and I had a couple boots that had obviously been sliced by a knife. There was other apparent damage and I really wasn't sure what to do. So I took it to Sears and fixed it all for about $250.